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Payam Pahlevanian DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major Franz Liszt
Intermission
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Sergei Prokofiev
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Born in Tehran (Iran), Payam Pahlevanian began playing the piano at the age of 14 and gave his first solo recital at 18 under the tutelage of Tamar Dolidze. In 2009, he moved to Germany to pursue his musical education at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He studied with the renowned pianist Anatol Ugorski, becoming his assistant and final student. He further refined his skills under the guidance of Bob Versteegh and Peter Orth, and in masterclasses with outstanding musicians such as András Schiff, Sergei Edelmann, Dina Ugorskaja, Ivan Klansky, Matti Raekallio, Gottlieb Wallisch, Martin Hughes, Wilhelm Schnurr, and Günter Ludwig.
Mr. Pahlevanian is a highly awarded pianist, earning prestigious prizes at various competitions. Notably, he received first prize and a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Frédéric Chopin at the International Anton Rubinstein Competition in Düsseldorf. He has performed with the Hanover Medical School Orchestra, the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. In November 2015, he was featured on the West German Broadcasting radio station in Cologne. His solo recital appearances include performances in New York, Madison(WI), Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Kassel, Freiburg, Bielefeld, Osnabrück, Detmold, Tehran, and Shiraz, among others.
From 2017 to 2023, Mr. Pahlevanian was a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany. He possesses an extensive and diverse solo and chamber music repertoire, encompassing works ranging from classical, romantic, and modern piano literature to Persian folk songs.
He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the guidance of Professors Jessica Johnson and Christopher Taylor, where he holds a Teaching Assistantship.
